Main Street Davidson at morning rush hour (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Here’s an idea for Friday afternoon, when the work week will be over and Saturday’s Town Day will still lie ahead: Davidson Historical Society will host a happy hour history walk downtown at 4 p.m., Friday, May 4. Come learn a little bit about the history of some of the old and new buildings along Main Street, then join the crowd for a libation at Summit Coffee. Read the full story

Davidson College Cemetery on North Main Street.

This week, we decided to walk to some places in Davidson that are a bit out of the way, and less well-known. We wrote a three-question Davidson Trivia quiz about the places we ended up, where we saw gnomes, historic graves and sculpture. If you know about all these, great! If not, it’s time to check out some of the less well known parts of Davidson in your free time.

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Virginia Grzech leads the Ghost Walk of Davidson nightly, including a stop at the Davidson College Cemetery, off North Main Street. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

If you’ve been on Main Street almost any evening this summer, you’ve probably seen groups of people wandering among the old buildings, into the cemetery and through the Davidson College campus. These weren’t folks on the usual college admissions tours. Instead, they’ve been among the first to check out one of our town’s newest activities: Virginia Grzech’s Ghost Walk of Davidson. Read the full story

Davidson Historical Society will host a wine and cheese open house this afternoon, Friday, June 25, at the historic Houston House in downtown Davidson. The event is a chance to see a historic home as well as to celebrate 40 years in business for The Needlecraft Center, which occupies the ground floor.
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